Israel's defense minister says his country has attacked Iran and declares a state of emergency

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israel launched a daylight onslaught Saturday connected Iran's capital, with a unreality of fume rising from the city's downtown. The evident onslaught happened adjacent the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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It wasn't instantly wide whether the 86-year-old Khamenei had been successful his offices astatine the time. He hasn't been seen publically successful days arsenic tensions with the United States person grown. But the onslaught comes arsenic the United States has assembled a immense fleet of combatant jets and warships successful the portion to effort to unit Iran into a woody implicit its atomic program.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz described the onslaught arsenic being done "to region threats." He did not instantly elaborate.

In Tehran, witnesses heard the blast. Iranian authorities tv aboriginal reported connected the explosion, without offering a cause.

Sirens sounded crossed Israel astatine the aforesaid time. The Israeli subject said that it had issued a "proactive alert to hole the nationalist for the anticipation of missiles being launched toward the authorities of Israel."

The U.S. subject declined to instantly remark connected the attack.